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r/etymology
Etymology: appreciating word origins
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Discussing the origins of words and phrases, in English or any other language.
Etymology is the study of the history of words and idioms, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
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Total Submissions
21,766
Total Comments
247,390
Earliest Submission
December 5, 2009
Earliest Comment
December 5, 2009
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Most Distinctive Words
Year
2024
Total Words in Subreddit
2,048,649
Total Words in Reddit
119,924,722,855
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 3,475 | 75,086 | 1696.2 | 0.6 | 2709.17 | |
| #2 | 1,990 | 66,574 | 971.4 | 0.6 | 1749.80 | |
| #3 | 1,502 | 132,171 | 733.2 | 1.1 | 665.23 | |
| #4 | 374 | 51,492 | 182.6 | 0.4 | 425.18 | |
| #5 | 219 | 32,262 | 106.9 | 0.3 | 397.37 | |
| #6 | 578 | 87,322 | 282.1 | 0.7 | 387.48 | |
| #7 | 119 | 18,828 | 58.1 | 0.2 | 369.98 | |
| #8 | 303 | 49,257 | 147.9 | 0.4 | 360.09 | |
| #9 | 124 | 20,620 | 60.5 | 0.2 | 352.03 | |
| #10 | 693 | 129,591 | 338.3 | 1.1 | 313.04 | |
| #11 | 78 | 15,066 | 38.1 | 0.1 | 303.07 | |
| #12 | 147 | 28,757 | 71.8 | 0.2 | 299.24 | |
| #13 | 374 | 76,513 | 182.6 | 0.6 | 286.14 | |
| #14 | 118 | 24,633 | 57.6 | 0.2 | 280.42 | |
| #15 | 217 | 49,006 | 105.9 | 0.4 | 259.21 | |
| #16 | 65 | 15,596 | 31.7 | 0.1 | 243.97 | |
| #17 | 92 | 22,478 | 44.9 | 0.2 | 239.59 | |
| #18 | 1,417 | 346,434 | 691.7 | 2.9 | 239.44 | |
| #19 | 345 | 86,507 | 168.4 | 0.7 | 233.46 | |
| #20 | 72 | 19,580 | 35.1 | 0.2 | 215.26 | |
| #21 | 55 | 15,488 | 26.8 | 0.1 | 207.88 | |
| #22 | 66 | 18,985 | 32.2 | 0.2 | 203.50 | |
| #23 | 158 | 46,017 | 77.1 | 0.4 | 200.99 | |
| #24 | 57 | 16,849 | 27.8 | 0.1 | 198.03 | |
| #25 | 340 | 104,299 | 166.0 | 0.9 | 190.83 | |
| #26 | 364 | 111,666 | 177.7 | 0.9 | 190.82 | |
| #27 | 52 | 16,155 | 25.4 | 0.1 | 188.42 | |
| #28 | 56 | 18,580 | 27.3 | 0.2 | 176.43 | |
| #29 | 126 | 41,865 | 61.5 | 0.3 | 176.18 | |
| #30 | 158 | 52,955 | 77.1 | 0.4 | 174.66 | |
| #31 | 65 | 21,956 | 31.7 | 0.2 | 173.30 | |
| #32 | 97 | 33,573 | 47.3 | 0.3 | 169.13 | |
| #33 | 1,003 | 347,267 | 489.6 | 2.9 | 169.07 | |
| #34 | 286 | 99,131 | 139.6 | 0.8 | 168.89 | |
| #35 | 946 | 328,950 | 461.8 | 2.7 | 168.35 | |
| #36 | 3,767 | 1,342,943 | 1838.8 | 11.2 | 164.20 | |
| #37 | 383 | 137,639 | 187.0 | 1.1 | 162.89 | |
| #38 | 780 | 288,231 | 380.7 | 2.4 | 158.41 | |
| #39 | 58 | 21,517 | 28.3 | 0.2 | 157.79 | |
| #40 | 96 | 37,223 | 46.9 | 0.3 | 150.97 | |
| #41 | 51 | 20,300 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 147.07 | |
| #42 | 143 | 57,720 | 69.8 | 0.5 | 145.03 | |
| #43 | 45 | 18,781 | 22.0 | 0.2 | 140.26 | |
| #44 | 84 | 35,619 | 41.0 | 0.3 | 138.05 | |
| #45 | 134 | 57,740 | 65.4 | 0.5 | 135.85 | |
| #46 | 72 | 31,098 | 35.1 | 0.3 | 135.53 | |
| #47 | 47 | 20,336 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 135.29 | |
| #48 | 41 | 18,288 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 131.24 | |
| #49 | 408 | 182,909 | 199.2 | 1.5 | 130.58 | |
| #50 | 767 | 348,915 | 374.4 | 2.9 | 128.68 |
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